About the applied methodology
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Background
Background
For its assessment underpinning the Implementation Report findings, the Secretariat uses specific transposition and implementation indicators, paired with a methodology to calculate the summary indicators and the overall implementation score.
The implementation indicator tables are based on a methodology quantifying the Contracting Parties’ success in transposing and implementing the acquis and having in place effective institutions. It is based on standardised assumptions and evaluations, cases under the Energy Community’s dispute settlement mechanism, country missions, review of legislation, market analysis, expert interviews and desk research. The quantification of all figures used to measure implementation was performed by experts of the Energy Community Secretariat.
In 2024, the final dataset entailed more than 2.000 individual values that were used to produce 41 key implementation indicators across the areas of work. To underscores the Energy Community's dedication to advancing towards a cleaner and more integrated energy market, the 41 indicators are grouped in five clusters.
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Implementation assessment
Implementation assessment
The implementation assessment is based on a system of performance indicators.
- A total of 41 implementation indicators agregated per each Contracting Party across the areas of work: electricity, gas, oil, governance and climate, renewable energy, energy efficiency, emission trading scheme, environment, climate, including national regulatory, competition, State aid and statistics authorities. Aggregation is based on the weighting explained in the table below;
- Five cluster implementation indicators aggregating
the values at cluster level:- Markets and integration (10 indicators),
- Decarbonising the energy sector (19 indicators),
- Ensuringenergy security (3 indicators),
- Improving the environment (5 indicators),
- Performance of authorities (4 indicators);
- Summary indicators – the overall implementation score for each Contracting Party and overall (average) implementation score for the Energy Community calculated based on the sectoral indicators.
All of the values are normalised to percentages between 0% and 100%, where 100% implies full implementation.
For the Contracting Parties where certain indicators are not applicable (eg. due to the lack of a gas market in Kosovo* / Montenegro, or, lack of large combustion plants in Albania), these indicators were not taken into account in the overall score, but the remaining indicators were increased in weight, where justifiable.
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Weighting per cluster
Weighting per cluster
In 2024, the weighting per cluster was slightly adjusted to reflect the expanded scope of decarbonisation activities. This adjustment includes the addition of a new indicator, the ‘emission trading scheme.’ The weighting for the cluster related to the performance of the authorities was also slightly increased compared to 2023 assessment.